Posts by JHERCULEES1

Quote from meambobbo

i agree that the documentation regarding using a flash drive and importing rigs is a bit difficult to find, but it does exist. If the USB drive is not recognized by your computer, try different USB ports. Sometimes that works - I know my iPhone will only recognize from my powered hub, but not the front panel of my desktop. But I can hardly see why you would blame Kemper for that.

They just announced a RigManager software that will allow you to load rigs via USB, if you simply want to wait. It is slated to release the first quarter of this year. Then you don't have to worry about a USB stick at all.

FWIW, page 41 and 42 of the manual talks about how to use the USB stick. If you don't get a pop-up window on the display asking you to format the USB stick when you first plug it in (after the Kemper has aleady booted up), maybe you have a bad USB drive. Also, notice how the documentation says to insert an EMPTY USB stick. Having data on there may cause it not to format correctly.

frankly your attitude is juvenile, although I do sympathize with your frustrations. however, the resources requested were provided to you. Again, why be frustrated with Kemper - might as well sell your computer and never get that brand again, never use that operating system again, never use USB drives again, and even further never use USB again. good luck!!

check your ego, take a deep breath, and try the stick on different ports or even a different computer. if it doesn't work, it's the stick, not the KPA. just buy another off Amazon or whatever - they are cheap as hell. get the smallest one possible, but not necessarily the cheapest one. There's no need to need more than 1 GB really.

The KPA can be as simple or as complex as you want. That's why a group of us worked hard to provide the wikpa.org resource for you. as well as answer questions on this forum.

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I disagree I dont think his atitude is juvenillie , in todays world we tend to live in throw away society , but when you pay 2, 000 for something its ok to get frustrated when problems arise . The kemper is a great product But I would be frustrated too and have with other gear I could mention .

Quote from VESmedic1

This is a tough one. Again as already stated numerous times, the SM57 is the industry standard, and for a very good reason. I am very much in the boat/of the opinion that, if you can't get the sound right with one 57, YOU are doing it wrong. Any pro engineer will probably tell you the countless hours they have spent trying to capture an amp in just the right away, micing an amp for hours: There really is no substitute for this. Also, alot of engineers will tell you that if it doesn't sound right, MOVE THE MIC! I also believe most people don't mic an amp properly when using 2 or more mics: Sure it can be done, but you REALLY gotta know what you are doing to do it right I think. If a guy puts up a profile and said he used 4 mics, there is a good chance that A: I will hate it, and B: It will sound completely wrong. You have to think about what your approach is with the Kemper. Some of the more popular commercial profile guys have stated that they do not like the sound of a micd guitar amp, and don't really strive to capture that sound....I will completely stay away from his profiles after hearing this because I am VERY interested in capturing the sound of a recorded amp to throw in a mix, NOT the "room" sound. What the hell good does the "room" sound do for anyone in any situation anyway other than your moms basement? Another topic for a different time, but I digress...

Yes there are many more expensive mics that offer different sounds, but the midrange and push of the sm57 in a mix is hard to beat, for good reason While I definitely don't think you should go with the adage "well this guy said its good, so it must be" almost 99 percent of the time, but this is one of the those times, that it really is true, as proven on thousands upon thousands of records/songs. Furthermore, you are also right: Just because someone micd an amp with a 57, does NOT mean it's going to be good by ANY means either as well. Also on that point, you will start to learn what cabs you like and definitely don't like.

Actually I hate to disagree here, but reading articles about Michael Wagener (huge Guitar rock albums producer, skid row, dokken , stryper, mot crue)
He doesnt seem to use the 57 hardly at all , prefers to mix r-121 mic with a condenser mic , and he owns and has endorsed the kemper profilier !

I agree that what works is what works , but it is ok to stray from the shure 57 and use other mics, and it does sound great when done right , , when I listen to stryper guitar tone , im blown away and there isnt much shure 57 in there.

Just ok to open to other possibilities besisded the shure sm 57

heres a video from Michael wagener on how he uses the kemper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kBaZFPzHs

SOUNDS GREAT
havent been able to get my kemper to sound that good yet ! good to know its capable of it ,.

I like your drum sound and bass tone also , I use superior drums also

Im actually really digging the Stone in love profile , and some of the randy rhoads ones,nice job
and the stereo effect you have going on with the pitch thing is nice also

wont make you sound like them , but will make you sound like your playing through thier gear and miked professionally by a world class producer like Michael Wagener. I for one Am all for it , I know for sure I cant make the guitar tone sound like Michael Wagener does nomatter how many hours I spend playing with mics thier is a certain skill and something to be said for having the ear for it,.

I hope he does release some profiles I will buy them !!

Quote from caveman1

I'd LOVE a slash profile pack but more his tones on use your illusion
Its a very special tone

I had moderate lucky with an AFD profile (I bought andys but I have some user ones also so i can't remember)

What isolated tracks are there on rock band? AFAIK there are no use your illusion isolated tracks but I'd love to find some!

Someone needs to nail the locomotive sound!

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Actually it might have been guitar hero tracks , heres a link to a pack that has sweet child of mine

and heres a link to gh welcome to the jungle

http://multitrackdownloads.blo…r-hero-3-multitracks.html

and you can listen live to the isolated guitar on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RS3oL53om4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWiFQungnX0

Quote from and44

ya know I get asked this a lot, and quite frankly Im scared too.. - Ive done a lot of "record matching tones" for many years for artists IN house.. but never done it on a global scale, simply because if your not next to me its a case of sit and tweek until happy...but send it out there.. then all your gear will sound totally different to mine...

however Im not a defeatist.. and I do plan on doing a special pack sometime.. but it wont be commercial, it will be for the fun of it for free.. as as I said above.. I'd rather not get shouted at if things go wrong when you get hold of "my" version of say.. slash's Appetite tone

I apologize If i sounded like I was complaining etc,

I just get frustrated Like many of us trying to get a great guitar tone that we have heard on a record and its been the same for years like all the promises made by line 6 etc , then you plug it in and say oh wait it doesnt sound like the record or the miked up amp , then jump through hoops trying to make it sound like that .

Really I have bought a bunch of your stuff and it sounds good though so this is no slam on your product I was just stating my experience with the afd100 ones in particular.

Quote from and44

of course. the source is right.. however the recording chain still caters for a lot of the tone you hear on the album.. - then of course you also need to take into consideration the recording chain/mixdown...running the same signal through a Neve desk wont sound the same as running it through a SSL desk.. its far different having a empty bedroom with a single mic and expect to just capture the same sound?

When we record guitars in studio, we go to hugh lengths to get things right.. but at the end of the day, we didn't actually do "much" to the signal.. but its what its all running through, and onto and then from that matters.

I have bought and still use some of your profiles and they are very good , I am just saying the afd100 ones in my opinion were far from slash tone I tried a ton of eq , but still couldnt nail it some of your others the plexi and soldano sound great to me . Would you ever consider offerering say profiles using the same gear and eq matched to a particular tone of a song? I would buy i think many would .

thanks

Quote from JHERCULEES1

not saying that tweaking the eq and all that is bad but ..

actually 99 percent of guitar is in the miking ,I think over eqing and tons of compression on an already compressed guitar sound via distortion destroys the tone and doesnt make it closer to what you want , its go tto be right at the source to begin , no amount of post eq can fix it .

check micahel wageners comments on using the kemper on his video , he mentions he doesnt use any compression on distorted guitars , and prefers to get it right with miking as opposed to eq after the fact ,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kBaZFPzHs

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for guys thinking some magic process is done after the fact to the miked sound or the profile , there isnt , less is more according to great producers like m wagener , " you have to get it right at the source"

you cant fix it with eq , only subtle adjustments should be made and wont get you that AFD album tone

not saying that tweaking the eq and all that is bad but ..

actually 99 percent of guitar is in the miking ,I think over eqing and tons of compression on an already compressed guitar sound via distortion destroys the tone and doesnt make it closer to what you want , its go tto be right at the source to begin , no amount of post eq can fix it .

check micahel wageners comments on using the kemper on his video , he mentions he doesnt use any compression on distorted guitars , and prefers to get it right with miking as opposed to eq after the fact ,

Quote from and44

Hercules, your comparing an album created guitar tone to that of a normal profiled amp profile? the one on the Rig exchange might be bang on, but you have to make the rest yourself.. they recorded through Comps/EQ's good Pre's desks etc...

Quote from and44

Really?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kBaZFPzHs

Quote from Garrincha

Same here. Never liked that one.

geraldo

For a slash tone I use the AFD100 profiles on the rig exchange paired with the greenback cab from the Siggi Mehl amp (or any other Greenback cab). I know Slash uses V30s on stage but cabs with those speakers just don't work for me. I also read somewhere that Slash uses old cabs with 25 Watt Greenbacks in the studio as well - particularly on sessions in their haydays.

actually I tried the afd100 profiles and they didnt do slash well for me , I compared them to isolated slash guitar tracks from rock band .
maybe they arent miked properly or whatever, but they seem quite a bit harsher and not thick enough for slashs tone

thats great more bands are using kemper professionally although I never really thought of muse when it comes to guitar sounds , or guitar oriented rock

Quote from drumdrum

Hello,

Tonight I was playing with my beloved KPA and an LED died - its the 12 o' clock LED on the "volume" knob.
I've had my Kemper for about 15 months now, and up until now, its worked like a charm. I bought it in July 2012, and I contacted the retailer a few hours ago about this.
My KPA is still under their warranty so hopefully they'll sort me out.

Is it likely that mine was made with the notorious "bad batch" of LEDs that Kemper seemed to get?

Additionally, I ordered a Powerhead this week from Kemper directly, using the rebate voucher.
How likely is it that the newer made units will experience a similar issue a month or year or 2 down the line?

The thought had crossed my mind about maybe selling my existing unit at some point in the future, but now with a dead LED, I don't see how I can, not without taking a big cash loss (I mean, who'd want a less-than-perfect KPA?)! Im a bit miffed at Kemper at the moment to be honest. I freakin love my KPA but having it in any way damaged is heart-breaking!

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sad to say but i have to agree about this ,
again I think the kemper is a great product but am upset about the handling of this led issue , my unit is only just a year old and led are going out every other day .On a product that cost this much , it is kind of scary

also how much will it cost if im not covered under warranty?

Thanks Burkhard.

still not sure who is my local dealer that you refer to , is it the company that sold the kemper to me? because they do not perform repairs but are simply a sales shop

Another difference bieng that for car repairs there are allways local dealers , so its not a matter of shipping the unit overseas , when a local repair shop could do it , if kemper could authorize local shops to repair the led issue since it is a known issue .

i had 2 led s go out on my volume knob a few weeks ago also sad to see the kempers reputation will be screwed up by this so many leds going out on units and its a great product but i am kinnda dissapointed like the rest of you guys i dont wanna keep sending it back everytime an led goes out maybe kemper could find local repair shops in the states that would do the work i would gladly pay 100 or so for them tov just replace all the leds at once and never have to deal with it again its strange other digital effects ivehad for many yearw and the leds never burn out

Quote from Themightyjay

Sooooo
many guys I run into just because of my circle of friends and this
happens all the time. Most recently? Pat obrien (nevermore, cannibal
corpse) and one of my good friends CoreyBeaulieu(
trivium).

For
what it's worth, CoreyB
from trivium is a close friend.

Coreyis
a long time personal friend of mine, I have the profile they used on
the new record

Yep
the trivium boys will be usin it exclusively here when they kick off
their our at the end of July. CoreyBeaulieu
of trivium is a personal friend of mine

All
clips are sounding nice! Lets just say I have good friends . One of
very good friends just got done doing an album with
Richardson. Coreyfrom
trivium is a good friend of mine

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Quote from Themightyjay

Sooooo
many guys I run into just because of my circle of friends and this
happens all the time. Most recently? Pat obrien (nevermore, cannibal
corpse) and one of my good friends CoreyBeaulieu(
trivium).

For
what it's worth, CoreyB
from trivium is a close friend.

Coreyis
a long time personal friend of mine, I have the profile they used on
the new record

Yep
the trivium boys will be usin it exclusively here when they kick off
their our at the end of July. CoreyBeaulieu
of trivium is a personal friend of mine

All
clips are sounding nice! Lets just say I have good friends . One of
very good friends just got done doing an album with
Richardson. Coreyfrom
trivium is a good friend of mine

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hey how about sharing that trivium profile?

pleaassseeee

Quote from Ingolf

Timo from Kemper stated that after an update the rigs are freshly scanned by the profiler. That's why in the beginning more rigs turn up as 'last imported'. After a real new import it's back to normal of course.

yes this is true but in my case i have done a few "real imports " and it still shows the list from the first import , not the freshly scanned list with all of my rigs its showing a specific 5 rigs from the first real import i did , although i did 2 more imports after that , those rigs do not show up under last imported list just continues to show the 5 , but they are there in the all rigs list

Do you guys notice he also has an axe fx near the top of the rack left side , i wonder which one he uses for what purpose hmm